Topic: Christmas
Sojourners magazine (www.sojo.net) calls it a subversive carol. They invite us to all sing it this year. I just sung every word. Living it will be much harder, but I'm working on it as I'm trying to re-imagine Christmas in some new ways this year. I think you'll know, as soon as you read the first two lines, what tune to bellow out.
May you have a very merry christmas and a peace and justice new year, as well--all year long!
Have Yourself a Peace and Justice Christmas
Have yourself a peace and justice Christmas,
Set your heart a-right.
Flee the malls and focus on Christ’s guiding light.
Have yourself a peace and justice Christmas,
Give your time a way.
Share God’s love, And serve “the least of these” today.
Here we are, as we pray for peace,
We’ll live simply and give more.
We care for those far and near to us,
Which brings cheer to us, once more.
God brings down
The haughty from high places,
And lifts up the low.
God cares for the hungry and the humble, so –
Forget the stress and let the peace and justice flow!
